Director Guillermo Del Toro Took A Year Off to Do Good

After completing work on his film “The Shape of Water,” Oscar-winning director Guillermo Del Toro stepped out of the public eye and took off the year 2018 to stand by his dying father’s side and give back to aspiring filmmakers in Mexico, where Del Toro was born and grew up.

“I have used the time immediate to the Oscars to activate two scholarships for young Mexican filmmakers and activated an animation centre that will open next year and helped with the local cinematheque in my home town,” he told film magazine Empire. “I thought that the momentum needed to be used in that way.”

After a year off to spend time with his family and support the community that helped shape him, Del Toro will return back to filmmaking when he directs, writes, and produces a stop-motion musical of “Pinocchio,” set to release on Netflix.

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